Material Acceptable for Publication

Manuscripts/Articles:

bullet African and African American genealogy, cultural traditions, and philosophy;
bullet Resources and Methods of research in Africa;
bullet African Writings;
bullet Colonial Rule of Africa (17th & 18th Century) and African Resistance;
bullet African Kingdoms;
bullet Documentation of African Oral Traditions;
bullet Documentation of African American families;
bullet Ancestry charts, Family group record sheets, personal family papers;
bullet Miscellaneous topics of interest to the African ancestored researcher.

 

Abstracts:

bullet Census Transcriptions (federal, state, county and city);
bullet Church Histories and Membership Records (baptism, burials, marriages, and dismissals)
bullet City Directory Data;
bullet Court Records (guardianship, intestate estates, wills, inventories, probate, sales, etc.);
bullet Deeds or Bills of Sale of Slaves;
bullet Freedmen’s Cohabitation and Marriage Certificates, Bonds, and Licenses;
bullet Manumission and Freedom Certificates;
bullet Missionary and Benevolent Society Records;
bullet Impressment and Indenture Records;
bullet Military and Pension Records;
bullet Newspaper Transcriptions;
bullet Plantation Family Papers Relating to Slaves;
bullet Tax Lists Naming Free Blacks or Slaves;
bullet Voter Registration Lists.